EP0599441B1 - Gekapselte Windkraftmaschine mit aussermittiger Rotorachse und definierter Windführung - Google Patents

Gekapselte Windkraftmaschine mit aussermittiger Rotorachse und definierter Windführung Download PDF

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EP0599441B1
EP0599441B1 EP93250326A EP93250326A EP0599441B1 EP 0599441 B1 EP0599441 B1 EP 0599441B1 EP 93250326 A EP93250326 A EP 93250326A EP 93250326 A EP93250326 A EP 93250326A EP 0599441 B1 EP0599441 B1 EP 0599441B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D3/00—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the air flow entering the rotor 
    • F03D3/06—Rotors
    • F03D3/062—Rotors characterised by their construction elements
    • F03D3/066—Rotors characterised by their construction elements the wind engaging parts being movable relative to the rotor
    • F03D3/067—Cyclic movements
    • F03D3/068—Cyclic movements mechanically controlled by the rotor structure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D3/00—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the air flow entering the rotor 
    • F03D3/04—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the air flow entering the rotor  having stationary wind-guiding means, e.g. with shrouds or channels
    • F03D3/0427—Wind motors with rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the air flow entering the rotor  having stationary wind-guiding means, e.g. with shrouds or channels with converging inlets, i.e. the guiding means intercepting an area greater than the effective rotor area
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D15/00—Transmission of mechanical power
    • F03D15/10—Transmission of mechanical power using gearing not limited to rotary motion, e.g. with oscillating or reciprocating members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
    • F03D9/20—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus
    • F03D9/25—Wind motors characterised by the driven apparatus the apparatus being an electrical generator
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2250/00—Geometry
    • F05B2250/10—Geometry two-dimensional
    • F05B2250/14—Geometry two-dimensional elliptical
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2260/00—Function
    • F05B2260/70—Adjusting of angle of incidence or attack of rotating blades
    • F05B2260/72—Adjusting of angle of incidence or attack of rotating blades by turning around an axis parallel to the rotor centre line
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2280/00—Materials; Properties thereof
    • F05B2280/30—Inorganic materials not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2280/00—Materials; Properties thereof
    • F05B2280/60—Properties or characteristics given to material by treatment or manufacturing
    • F05B2280/6001—Fabrics
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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    • F05B2280/6001—Fabrics
    • F05B2280/6002—Woven fabrics
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05C—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F05C—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F05C2253/00—Other material characteristics; Treatment of material
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/74—Wind turbines with rotation axis perpendicular to the wind direction

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  • the invention relates to a wind turbine with a housing in which a vertical rotor can be rotated about an off-center rotor axis, the vertical rotor can be displaced relative to the rotor axis, and windable means can be rolled in and out during the rotation of the vertical rotor about winding axes and held on rotor arms and the housing has a wind outlet opening on the windward side and a wind inlet opening tapering towards the interior of the housing and closable with door wings on the leeward side.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine of the type described at the outset which has an improved efficiency.
  • the door leaves assigned to the wind inlet opening are profiled in the shape of a supporting surface and can be acted upon by wind Means are provided with wind passages at their regions facing the rotor axis and the rotor rotating arms are provided with wind deflector profiles at their outer free ends.
  • laminar sheets of this type can also be installed on the wings of aircraft, by means of which their air resistance is considerably reduced.
  • ion chambers are assigned to the door leaves. Through these measures, a targeted ion current can be directed towards the wind. This ionization of the air means that the wind can flow into the wind turbine in a pre-oriented manner and at a higher pressure.
  • the wind turbine 10 shown in Figures 1 and 2 consists essentially of a housing 16 with a tower 18 which is connected via a parapet 13 with a roof or stairwell 11 of a house, not shown.
  • the tower 18 is provided with a wind deflector 19, a wind wheel 20 and a centrifugal governor 21 and is integrally connected to the housing 16.
  • the housing 16 is provided with vertical door leaves 17 hinged on both sides and rotatably arranged on a slewing ring 12.
  • the wind power machine 10 is intended to be built on the roof 15 of a building (not shown in detail), but can also be set up at any other place in the upright position.
  • a profiled slat 14 can be assigned to the parapet element 13 or the roof 15 for better introduction of the wind. As shown in FIG. 1, the slat 14 is profiled in the shape of an airfoil in cross section. As FIG. 2 shows, the housing 16 is of symmetrical, egg-shaped design in plan view, the tip facing the wind.
  • the housing 16 has a vertical housing wall 22 which, as shown in FIG. 3, is provided with an upper housing cover 23 and with a lower housing cover 24.
  • the wind inlet opening 25 is provided on the more pointed side of the housing 16 and can be opened and closed by automatically actuated vertical door leaves 17 hinged on both sides in door hinges 63.
  • the vertical rotor 30 has rotor heads 44 at both ends, which are provided with rotating arm guides 46.
  • a vertical rotor 30 is arranged in the housing interior 58 of the housing 16 and is provided with a vertical rotor axis 31.
  • Flexible sails 32 are assigned to rotor axis 31 as means which can be acted upon by wind 27.
  • the sails 32 are connected radially on the outside with winding axes 35 and are connected radially on the inside via chain or wire mesh elements 42 to the rotor axis 31.
  • the inner edges 59 of the sails 32 are fastened to the rotor axis 31 at a predetermined distance, as a result of which central wind passages 45 are created.
  • the wind 27 can sweep past the bulbous sails 32 and generate a lift comparable to a high-on-the-wind course.
  • the winding axes 35 have relatively large diameters.
  • the sails 32 can thereby be wound up and unwound very quickly during each rotation of the vertical rotor 30.
  • the diameters of the winding axes 35 are dimensioned such that they only rotate one to two times during one revolution in the direction of rotation 47 of the vertical rotor 30 need to wind up or unwind the sail 32 completely.
  • the winding axles 35 are assigned fast-running, reversible electric motors 29.
  • wind deflector profiles 53 assigned to the winding axes 35 are arranged on the rotor rotating arms 37.
  • the wind deflector profiles 53 run along the entire length of a winding axis 35 and are also profiled in the shape of an airfoil. This creates an overpressure on their leeward sides and a negative pressure on their windward sides.
  • the angles of attack 62 of the wind deflector profiles 53 are continuously adjusted during one revolution of the vertical rotor 30.
  • Additional airfoil-shaped guide vanes 43 are arranged in the wind inlet opening 25.
  • profiled suction slots 61 are provided in the outer wall 22 of the housing in the area of the wind outlet opening 26. The wind 27 can fall into the housing 16 through the wind inlet opening 25, is accelerated in the housing interior 58, can flow past the sails 32 through the wind passages 45 and can exit again through the wind outlet opening 26 and the suction slots 61.
  • FIG. 3 further shows, there is a gear housing 64 under the housing 16, in which a generator 33 connected to the vertical rotor 30, a brake 34 and a gear 39 connected to the rotor axis 31 are accommodated.
  • the wind turbine 10 runs on the turntable 12 in rollers 51 all around and can be set by an electric motor 38.
  • the rollers 51 are provided with roller axes 40 and run all around in roller guides 41 in the turntable 12.
  • the gear housing 64 and thus the entire wind turbine 10 is connected to the stairwell head 11 with connecting elements 49.
  • the wind inlet opening 26 can also be provided by horizontal door leaves 48.
  • the door leaves 17 and 48 are assigned ion chambers 28 in which air is ionized. This ionized air can be sent to the wind 27 in an ion stream 50. Due to the ion currents 50 emerging from the ion chambers 28, the wind 27 is converted into an oriented air flow 52 which, like a funnel, generates a pre-orientation and acceleration of the wind 27 on the wind power machine 10. Falling winds can thus be introduced into the wind power machine 10 through the horizontal door leaves 48 and used to drive the vertical rotor 30.
  • laminar sheets 54 are provided on the inner door surfaces 55 of the door leaves 17 and 48 and on the wind deflector profiles 53, as are shown in detail in FIGS. 7 and 7a as section “L” from FIG. 4.
  • the laminar sheets 54 are transverse to the wind 27 and can be folded down by the latter. They are integrally formed in a fastening layer 60 on a plastic layer 56 and fixed on one side by this, connected to the inside surface 55 of the door.
  • the free edges of the laminar sheets 54 opposite the fastening edges 60 are provided with serrations 57.
  • the laminar sheets 57 are thin and extremely flexible. They lie on top of one another in a scale-like manner and, with the serrations 57, generate small swirls on their windward sides, on which the blowing wind 27 significantly reduces them Attack surface takes place. The flow resistance opposite the wind 27 is thereby significantly reduced.
  • Such laminar sheets can also be attached to the wings of airplanes or to the wind deflector profiles 53.

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